Comments on: Blackbird,fly – Loading Film

By: John McAdam

John McAdam — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:50:09 +0000

A great help! First time I forgot to adjust the film counter and couldn’t figure out why I got so many exposures. Just now accidentally broke off one of the 3 tabs securing the film counter, hopefully can get a replacement.

Thanks!

By: Leila

Leila — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:23:53 +0000

I just got a blackbird fly as a gift from a loved one. While trying to load the film I don’t know what happen. It was too fast that tue winder became stuck. The film slipped out and I could not longer winder the winder. It says I’m not suppose to wind opposite direction but now it cant wind the normal direction anymore. Like it’s stuck.I hope you can help me out here. It’s a terrible feeling. Like I was so happy a min and now terribly disappointed in myself.

Leila

By: Allen

Allen — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:07:58 +0000

I love my blackbird but have not used it in months. Reason why is that I keep getting these damned lines through the pictures, almost like perfect scratch lines. I cannot figure out why it’s doing that. I’ve shot a few rolls and it’s the same every time. So I stopped using the camera. Anyone know why it happens? I’ve read numerous other stories of people having the same issue but never a solution

By: A Canuck

A Canuck — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:42:52 +0000

Thanks for the video! I’ve been shooting film for 40 years and was really struggling to load film into my new BBF – specifically, getting it to catch onto the take-up sprocket. After viewing your video, it was clear that I had too much slack in the film. Adjustment & voila! A picture (or video) really is worth a thousand words.

By: carolbrowne

carolbrowne — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:14:21 +0000

Thanks for this tutorial. I would have NEVER figured that out without it. I’m borrowing this camera from a friend and just can’t wait to try it out.

By: ben logan

ben logan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:45:09 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial, Cameron. Just got my BBF. Looking forward to my first experiments. Thanks for doing what you do. Your images consistently make me feel that going through the “work” of playing with toy cameras is worth the fuss (compared to ridiculously easy digital). Thanks for the inspiration.

By: The Plastic Lens ~ words › Starting Out

The Plastic Lens ~ words › Starting Out — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:25:20 +0000

[...] There is a tutorial video for loading a Diana + with 120 film made by the lomo people here There is one made by squarefrog for loading film into a Holga here …and for the blckbird,fly (BBF) camera (which takes 35mm film but can still be a bit of a challenge for a first-timer) there is a tutorial made by yours truly here! [...]

By: chadwick

chadwick — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:22:12 +0000

Has anyone fixed a busted rewind crank? Mine fragmented tooday

By: Meggan

Meggan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:36:42 +0000

How do I unload the film from my BBF???

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:10:12 +0000

Hi Garret, I’m not sure where you got your BBF from but if it was new it should have had the instructions in the box. I can scan in mine and make them available as a pdf if you like (give me a few days)